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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 99-33 BY: COUNCIL PERSON DUANE LIMPERT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 521.08 OF CHAPTER 521 OF THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE, ENTITLED "HEALTH, SAFETY AND SANITATION, " SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN STATES OFMA.IOR DISASSEMBLY OR DISREPAIR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, this Council believes that the parking or storage of junk vehicles on private property in a manner which renders the vehicles visible to the general public contributes to the creation of area blight and diminishes surrounding real property values; and WHEREAS, this Council further believes that vehicles parked or kept outside in a state of major disassembly or disrepair cause the same problems of area blight and diminution in property values which junk vehicles do; and WHEREAS, this Council accordingly desires to prohibit the outdoor parking or storage or motor vehicles in states of major disassembly or repair; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 521.08 of Chapter 521 of the General Offenses Code, which presently reads as follows: "521.08 LITTERING; STORAGE OF JUNK VEHICLES AND PARTS. (a) No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety. (b) No person shall cause or allow trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive materials or substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public, or unlawfully obstruct, impede, divert, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure, any natural watercourse. (c) No person, firm or corporation shall, without lawful authority, store, place or allow to remain motor vehicles in any inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use as motor vehicles, and/or automobile parts, on private or public property unless kept within a building. The above shall also apply to semitrailers that are in an inoperative condition or an unsafe condition. Firms or corporations engaged in the motor vehicle or semitrailer repair business are permitted to let motor vehicles and semitrailers remain outside of building for a period not to exceed seven days. After the seventh day, the motor vehicles and/or semitrailers must be placed within a building or in